Kramer Electronics WP-501 - Manual (Page 8)

Introduction
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1 Introduction
Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of
unique, creative, and affordable solutions to the vast range of problems that confront the video,
audio, presentation, and broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we have
redesigned and upgraded most of our line, making the best even better! Our 1,000-plus different
models now appear in 11 groups 1
Congratulations on purchasing your Kramer room controller device, which is ideal for controlling
A/V equipment and media room items. The configuration software is part of the package and
includes the Kramer K-Config Guide
that are clearly defined by function.
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The RC buttons can be configured prior to installation
. The Kramer K-Config software lets you set a sequence of
actions in a trigger (a macro) and assign them to any of the configurable buttons on any of the
relevant RC devices, a schedule or an event.
1.1 Applicable Room Controllers
The K-Config Software is used to configure several types of room controllers 3 in a room control
system, and applies to the Master Room Controllers 4 (Master RC), Auxiliary (Aux) devices and
standalone devices as defined in Table 1 :
Table 1: Applicable Room Controllers
Unit Used as Master RC Used as K-Net AUX device Used as Standalone Room Controller
SV-552 
SV-551 
SL-1   
SL-10   
SL-12   
SL-14RC/N  When no Aux K-NET devices are defined for this unit
in the control room tree, the K-NET port will remain
compatible with the RC-3TB/RC-3TBU button
extensions inserts.
RC-74DL   
RC-63/RC-62 Series   
RC-53 series 
RC-54DL 
RC-13TC   
Virtual Device 
WP-500 
WP-501 
RC-2 
RC-2C 
RC-52/N/A 
RC-5B2, RC-5B4 
RC-3TB/U See note 1
VP-31KSi 
VP-81KSi Can be used for limited automatic control over the display device
FC-29 Used only for learning IR commands from IR RC
Note 1: Can extend SL-14RC only, when no other K-Net AUX devices are connected
1 GROUP 1: Distribution Amplifiers; GROUP 2: Switchers and Routers; GROUP 3: Control Systems; GROUP 4: Format/Standards Converters; GROUP 5:
Range Extenders and Repeaters; GROUP 6: Specialty AV Products; GROUP 7: Scan Converters and Scalers; GROUP 8: Cables and Connectors; GROUP 9:
Room Connectivity; GROUP 10: Accessories and Rack Adapters; GROUP 11: Sierra Products
2 Download up-to-date Kramer user manuals and guides from the Internet at this URL:
http://www.kramerelectronics.com
3 For each Kramer machine, the installation process is described in a separate user manual. You can download the up-to-date Kramer user manuals and
guides at:
http://www.kramerelectronics.com
4 Defined as Masters in Master-Auxiliary Device setups